Crain, William

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Name (Latin)
Crain, William
Other forms of name
Crain, Bill
Date of birth
1949-06-20
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Television producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 87303696
Wikidata: Q8007234
Library of congress: no 98128227
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, 12 April 2017:William Crain (born June 20, 1949) is an American film and television director. He was one of the first black filmmakers from a major film school to achieve commercial success. Crain was born in Columbus, Ohio. A graduate of UCLA's film school, Crain, unlike many of the so-called "L.A. Rebellion" filmmakers who made films of a deeply personal or political nature, made work consisting almost entirely of mainstream and genre driven works. Throughout the 1970s he directed TV shows and movies. In 1972, he directed Blacula)
  • Blacula [VR] c1998:opening credits (William Crain)
  • Internet movie database, Nov. 30, 1998(William Crain; director; writer; sometimes credited as Bill Crain)

Wikipedia description:

William Crain (born June 20, 1949) is an American film and television director. He was one of the first black filmmakers from a major film school to achieve commercial success. Crain was born in Columbus, Ohio. A graduate of UCLA's film school, Crain, unlike many of the "L.A. Rebellion" filmmakers who made films of a deeply personal or political nature, made work consisting almost entirely of mainstream and genre-driven works. Throughout the 1970s, he directed TV shows and movies. In 1972, at the age of 23, he directed Blacula. While largely ignored by critics, the film has become somewhat of a cult favorite and made a name for actor William Marshall, who played the title character. Crain did other films and then returned to TV show installments, which he continues to do today. Many sources confuse him with another Bill/William Crain who produced educational short films in the 1970s and directed Mirage (1990) and Midnight Fear (1991).

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